In the Beijing 2008 Games, Bakhtiyar Artayev of Kazakhstan (red) fought James Degale of Great Britain (blue) in the men's middleweight (75kg) quarter-final. Degale won and went on to win gold in the final, following in the footsteps of previous British boxing heroes.
Sixty years before, Giacomo de Segni of Italy takes a left-handed punch from Donald Scott of Great Britain during the light-heavyweight quarter-final match. Donald Scott later went on to win the silver medal – talk about packing a punch!
























